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Paul Dirac

The aim of science is to make difficult things understandable in a simpler way; the aim of poetry is to state simple things in an incomprehensible way. The two are incompatible.

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genius paul dirac

The successful development of science requires a proper balance to be maintained between the method of building up from observations and the method of deducing by pure reasoning from speculative assumptions.

genius paul dirac

People who equate all the different kinds of human activity to money are taking too primitive a view of things.

genius paul dirac

Living is worthwhile if one can contribute in some small way to this endless chain of progress.

genius paul dirac

The measure of greatness in a scientific idea is the extent to which it stimulates thought and opens up new lines of research.

genius paul dirac

In science one tries to tell people, in such a way as to be understood by everyone, something that no one ever knew before. But in poetry, it's the exact opposite.

genius paul dirac

Pick a flower on Earth and you move the farthest star.